Monthly Archives: June 2015

The rather divine LSHTM Library and Archives Services tote canvas bags are still available from the library enquiry desk for only £3.50! If you’re curious about the design it was created by the British Mosquito Control Institute in 1927. The … Continue reading →

By Christopher Jarvis. It’s not every day you get to see inside an organisation as august as the Bank of England, and it’s definitely not usual to get to analyse their treasure trove of data. Or at least, not until … Continue reading →

In December 1914, Sir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria, was appointed as the Consulting Physician in Tropical Diseases to the Hospitals for Indian Troops in England at a salary of £500 a year. This involved regularly … Continue reading →

On 9th June 2015, the NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM (SPHR@L) was featured as ‘Research Group of the month’ within the Public Health & Policy (PHP) Faculty seminar series and presented some its current research, as well … Continue reading →

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Harvard Global Health Institute have convened an Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, and analyse the major weaknesses in the global health system exposed by the Ebola outbreak, and … Continue reading →

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The presentation slides for the Public Health in Humanitarian Crises Group seminar on mHealth, held on 24 June 2015 at LSHTM and given by Mohini Bhavsar from Dimagi, can be found by clicking on the link below. Presentation: Dimagi-CommCare LSHTM mHealth … Continue reading →

On 20th June 2015, alumni from the 1995 MSc Epidemiology Class visited the School as part of a 20-year reunion. The group met with the School’s Director of External Relations, Ann Fazakerley, and were given a tour of the School before heading off … Continue reading →